Hi Rudolf, auto discovery does indeed work, we use it every day to autodiscover new devices via BGP neighbors and CDP/LLDP neighbors.

1. use the add_device script that comes with observium, it will handle trying to add the same device twice.
2. hostname changes is best handled with the rename_device script also in your observium folder

/Markus

2015-07-07 18:23 GMT+02:00 Rudolf Hoehler <rudolf@saicomvoice.co.za>:
Hello Team,

Please can you assist me with the auto discovery. It’s not working… :)

I read in a mailing list archive dated Nov 2014, that it actually doesn’t work? Is this still the case?

Can I write my own script that adds devices from the backend? Should I use an API call or can I insert into the database directly?

Further to that,
  1. What happens if I try to add the same device again? Thinking from an automated system, the same hostname might have multiple interfaces that it is reachable on?
  2. What happens if we change a device’s host name – does observium create a new device? What is best practice when administering the system wrt device swop outs or hostname changes?
Regards,

Rudolf

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